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Spectators: 10 (Terracing: 0, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Peter Linkhorst started the match with the kick off. In the 4th minute Haritz Trespuentes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Patrick Armstrong saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 7th minute of the match, Adrian Våleman tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Viktor Tomka saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 8th minute, 蒋扬谦 ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Patrick Armstrong was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when Thorbjörn Olerius got free with Viktor Tomka in the 12th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When Frank Teixeira came up free with the goalie in the 16th minute, the Botafogo fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Frank Teixeira couldn't finish the play. 19 minutes into the game, Peter Linkhorst lined in a short shot 1-1 behind a frustrated Viktor Tomka. Patrick Armstrong made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Camerino Lavalle in the 21st minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Peter Linkhorst got free with Viktor Tomka in the 23rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Frank Teixeira had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 32nd minute, Haritz Trespuentes ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Patrick Armstrong was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. In the 37th minute, Haritz Trespuentes got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 40 minutes into the match, ManagerZone Crew's goal looked a bit too open when 蒋扬谦 came free, but Patrick Armstrong reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Haritz Trespuentes struck a weak shot in the 42nd minute. Patrick Armstrong didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Botafogo. In the 44th minute 蒋扬谦 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Patrick Armstrong saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Patrick Armstrong showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Camerino Lavalle in the 46th minute of the match. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

The wind increased when Camerino Lavalle made the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute Zé Pena shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Patrick Armstrong saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 57th match minute, Botafogo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Caetano Saad to maneuver through the defense. ManagerZone Crew's Robert Ununger got a good chance for a goal in the 58th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. ManagerZone Crew's Patrick Armstrong proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 73rd minute of the match, managed to save ManagerZone Crew from getting a goal against them. 73 minutes into the match, Haritz Trespuentes had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Patrick Armstrong. ManagerZone Crew's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Haritz Trespuentes was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. In the 75th minute the ball was on its way in behind Botafogo's goalkeeper Viktor Tomka, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Patrick Armstrong made a fantastic save in the 78th minute, when 蒋扬谦 sent off a good shot on target. 81 minutes into the match, ManagerZone Crew's goalkeeper Patrick Armstrong had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by 蒋扬谦. Viktor Tomka made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adrian Våleman in the 83rd minute of play. 85 minutes into the game, 蒋扬谦 cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-4. Patrick Armstrong was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 89th minute Marcus Majewski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Viktor Tomka saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Botafogo's Chico Messias got a free kick in the 95th minute. The ManagerZone Crew fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Botafogo were clearly better and deserved to take the win.